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Meaning of 'bend' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bend [ n.]
- A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
- Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
- A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
- The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
- Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
- A band.
- One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
2 . Bend [ v. i.]
- To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
- To jut over; to overhang.
- To be inclined; to be directed.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
3 . Bend [ v. t.]
- To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
- To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
- To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
- To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
- To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

Meaning of 'bend' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bend [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a circular segment of a curve
Example in sentence:
  • a bend in the road;
  • a crook in the path
Meaning (2):
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
Example in sentence:
  • a bend of his elbow;
  • a crease in his trousers;
  • a flexure of the colon;
  • a fold in the napkin;
  • a plication on her blouse
3 . bend [ v]
Meaning (3):
- cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
Example in sentence:
  • bend the rod;
  • the strong man could turn an iron bar;
  • twist the dough into a braid
Meaning (4):
- bend a joint
Example in sentence:
  • bend your knees;
  • flex your wrists
Meaning (5):
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Example in sentence:
  • he crouched down;
  • She bowed before the Queen;
  • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Meaning (6):
- change direction
Example in sentence:
  • The road bends
Meaning (7):
- form a curve
Example in sentence:
  • The stick does not bend

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